Is Singapore Leading Street Food Innovation?

This article titled “Street food, Singapore-style: a model worth copying?” was written by Richard Johnson, for guardian.co.uk on Monday 10th June 2013 10.57 UTC If there is one thing I take from the works of Anthony Bourdain, it’s that you only live once – so eat out of your comfort zone. If you’re in the Philippines and want to try a slab of congealed pig’s blood, head for the street markets. And if you want to try balut – incubated duck eggs complete with embryo – it’s the streets where you’ll get lucky. If “lucky” is the word … That’s why Bourdain was invited to speak at last week’s World Street Food Congress in Singapore. There’s just one problem – Singapore doesn’t have street food. Singapore took street food off its streets 20 years ago. Because of health and safety concerns, the traders (or hawkers) were moved to warehouses with electricity and running water . And n...